Mountain Scenes From The "Last Dollar Road" - San Juan Mtns. Near Telluride, Colorado
Spent most of last week combing through the mountains of Southwest Colorado. We visited historic mining towns like Ouray, Telluride, Silverton and several old mining ghost towns. One of the always fun side trips for me is driving the Last Dollar Road. Weather was mostly good this day and so was the road. After you crest and head down to Deep Creek, the road is impassable except for high clearance 4X4's. I know, I tried...huge, deep mud holes washed out the road!
1. Mt. Sneffels 14,158' elev. - see the little buck
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2. Good section of the road
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3. Abandoned ranch house and barns
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4. Enjoying the morning sun
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5. Cresting at Alder Creek Trailhead, 11700'
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6. Pretty wildflower landscape shot
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7. My favorite photo from the drive
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8. More wildflowers
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9. Small stream and fence line flowers
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10. Looking West towards 14,023 Wilson Peak
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What a very nice series of photographs of my favorite state. :-) Seeing as I was born here. I need to see more of it. Cheers.
jederick wrote:
Spent most of last week combing through the mountains of Southwest Colorado. We visited historic mining towns like Ouray, Telluride, Silverton and several old mining ghost towns. One of the always fun side trips for me is driving the Last Dollar Road. Weather was mostly good this day and so was the road. After you crest and head down to Deep Creek, the road is impassable except for high clearance 4X4's. I know, I tried...huge, deep mud holes washed out the road!
A beautiful set of images! I went to those places years ago when I had a '72 Ford Bronco 4X4. We drove the million dollar highway south from Ouray. It was all breathtaking.
You want a reliable vehicle for exploring the area. A really nice series of images.
Beautiful series. It looks so peaceful as well as beautiful.
Thanks Jerry...appreciate you stopping by.
flathead27ford wrote:
What a very nice series of photographs of my favorite state. :-) Seeing as I was born here. I need to see more of it. Cheers.
Thank You flathead...you do indeed live in a beautiful state that is fun to explore!
Beautiful photos, I love this area of Colorado, photo #3 is the ranch house used in the John Wayne movie True Grit ( the home of Mattie Ross )
Bushpilot wrote:
You want a reliable vehicle for exploring the area. A really nice series of images.
Thanks Dennis and I second the need for a reliable vehicle. We couldn't finish the drive to Animas Forks out of Silverton as the final two miles would have been too rough. Had to turn around after a mile up the road, too many sharp rocks paved the way.
Tikva wrote:
Beautiful series. It looks so peaceful as well as beautiful.
Thank You Tikva...never saw another vehicle on this morning so very peaceful and all to myself!
Jederick, fantastic vistas!!! I enjoyed them all and thanks for sharing this beautiful part of the country!!
I can see why #7 is your favorite, these flowers add punch to the beautiful scenery. My other favorite are #1 & 10. Lovely shots!!!!
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